My experience in the electrical trade / industry has been solely based upon my training and experience in the Atlanta chapter IBEW / NECA apprenticeship and training it has been the most challenging yet rewarding experience in my life and i hope to useall I've learned and experienced to serve my employer with one ofthe best and highly skilled craftsmen this industry has to offer.

Mainly maintenance type electrical work that involved exothermic welding for grounding systems at Georgia Power Plant Bowen in Cartersville,GA., this job also involved add on's to previous installations, extensive wire pulls working with 480 volt systems, and also some control / plc work..

At this particular job at Georgia Power Plant Jack Mc Daniels my work involved repairing and troubleshooting temporary power issues for the boilermakers, pipefitters, millwrights, laborers, and also fellow wiremen I also worked in the permanent lighting crew at this particular job installing conduit for 277 volt lighting around the plant.

This job was for Excel Energy at the Comanche powerhouse in Pueblo, CO I worked there installing twenty-four and thirty-six inch cable tray and two inch rigid conduit eighty-five feet overhead from a boom lift this conduit and cable tray served as a feeder system for forty-five 250 horsepower motors that in turn served as a cooling system for that particular unit.

in Beaumont, TX i was part of the Hurricane Ike recovery team that came into the Exxon Mobile chemical refinery two weeks after the hurricane and began to bring the plant back up and running this job involved determinating wires in control systems as well as power systems re-labeling each and every wire, replacing gear, transformers, and control panels, re-routing systems, and eventually re-terminating them into new gear and panels etc.

at Conti Electric i worked at the Fountain Bleu Casino / Hotel project in the power distribution crew installing four inch and six inch rigid conduit that served as a 4160 volt main feeder system for power to the Hotel and power to six generators to be connected in parallel with each other.

at Whitehead i was still an apprentice most of that time so i had various duties but i still had project assignments also which involved piping in electrical rooms with lighting and power, all the way to wiring up the main power and transformers at two different water treatment plant projects i also worked at a chewing gum factory assisting on many motor control and plc involved projects.

July of 2005 Allison-Smith Co. Atlanta, GAto May of 2006 Apprentice

At Allison-Smith I worked as an apprentice on power distribution projects that involved running four inch conduit and some smaller to projects that involved installing fire alarm systems and also a lot of tenant rebuild projects as well as exothermic welding for grounding systems and also ups systems.

June of 2004 Dyco Electric Norcross, GAto July of 2005 Apprentice

At DYCO as an apprentice I and one journeyman who was also my foreman spent one year at Dobbins Air Force Base installing all feeders branch circuitry and fire alarm / security systems as well as grounding and outside lighting systems for the newly installed visitors center entrance I am proud to say that everything there I either installed myself or had a major part in the installation. I also worked at Lockheed-Martin while at DYCO on several undisclosed projects.

Aug. of 2003 Mayberry Electric Atlanta, GAto May of 2004 Apprentice

Mayberry was where I first worked on a school and assisted in many projects I was early on in my apprenticeship but still worked on many different things and began to understand how many different systems worked individually and together.

March of 2003 Metro Electric Atlanta, GAto Aug. of 2003 Apprentice

Metro was my introduction to the electrical field while there I worked on a huge MARTA project and learned a lot about underground installation,bending and installing emt, and rigid conduit, pulling wire big and small on long and short pulls, lightning protection systems, grounding systems, building bases for outside lights and installing and wiring them up this was where I decided I wanted to be a part of this trade and industry.